Uss Atlanta Launched 1941

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Item title reads - U.S.S. Atlanta launched.

Location of events unknown, somewhere in America.

L/S of the U.S.S. "Atlanta" in the dock, the camera pans up to people waving from the deck. M/S of 'Gone with the Wind' author Margaret Mitchell naming the ship and smashing the bottle of...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39358
Sort Number:
41/079
Time in/Out:
01:21:00:00 / 01:21:30:00
Canister:
41/79
Film ID:
1131.18
Issue Date:
02/10/1941

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